Friday, June 24, 2011
Like My Mother Does
Well... I might not be updating the blog as much as I would like to the next few weeks because.... I BROKE MY RIGHT HAND!!! I can type but not for long because I get really frustrated! I broke it playing softball on Monday night. I caught the ball with the wrong hand, the one without the mitt on it. Not smart, I know. My Grandpa Sales and Aunts left and my Gammy (Mom's Mom) and PaG came to visit, they are here now. We are having fun with them.
I want to share with you a song that I absolutely love right now. If you watched American Idol you will know this song. Lauren Alaina sang it on the finale. I cried the first time I listened to it and now I smile while listening to it. There is no better way to describe the way I feel about my Mom and our relationship than this song! It says it all, it's perfect!!! Listen and Enjoy! :)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Surprise
Yesterday my family got a nice surprise! My Grandpa Sales and his two sisters, Aunt Brenda, and Aunt LaNelda came to visit us from Oklahoma! My Mom was very excited! My Grandpa Sales had called my Mom a few nights ago and said he was going to be here on Monday, this was already a surprise for us and we were expecting Grandma Carolyn to come with him. So when they all three showed up it was definitely a surprise, a good one too! Grandma Carolyn, we do miss you and wish you could have come with them! My Mom has been so happy since they have been here. She loves spending time with her Dad and Aunts. I'm glad that they all could come and visit. My Grandpa Sales and Aunt LaNelda have visited us in Utah before but Aunt Brenda has never been to Utah. They are all four out exploring Logan Canyon right now.
My Dad's knee surgery went well. He came home with crutches but only used them for the first two days. He limps now but gets around fine. He has three little holes in his knee, it looks really good. He goes for his post op tomorrow. I'm guessing they will take out the stitches then.
The Pink Heals was fun. They had a pink fire truck that my Mom and I signed. The pink firemen are from Arizona and drive the pink fire trucks around the United States to bring awareness to women's cancer. Each fire truck they have is named after women in their lives. The pink fire truck that we got pictures with was named Karen. Karen was the first pink fire truck and Karen was the first person to donate money to them so they could buy their first fire truck. She had breast cancer and died shortly after her donation was made. If the pink heals ever go through any of your towns you should definitely go!
My Mom has been doing well. Her skin has gotten sunburned and blistered a little where they radiate her. She met with the Doctor yesterday and she said that her skin can probably only tolerate about 12 more treatments. This means she will be finished with radiation around the first of July! That is really soon! After radiation is all over she will then do the blood work to make sure that the Cancer is all gone! I have started to worry about this more because it's getting closer. I am sure I will be a nervous wreck when they do the blood work because it doesn't come back for two days! Let's all pray that all of the cancer is gone AND it will never ever come back! My Mom has handled the past seven months so well, I am so proud of her! She became part of a club that she didn't ask to be a part of. She really has such a positive attitude, she knows that she can't change her situation so she might as well make the best of it and she has done just that! I love her more than the whole wide world and hope to one day be half the woman that she is!
My Dad's knee surgery went well. He came home with crutches but only used them for the first two days. He limps now but gets around fine. He has three little holes in his knee, it looks really good. He goes for his post op tomorrow. I'm guessing they will take out the stitches then.
The Pink Heals was fun. They had a pink fire truck that my Mom and I signed. The pink firemen are from Arizona and drive the pink fire trucks around the United States to bring awareness to women's cancer. Each fire truck they have is named after women in their lives. The pink fire truck that we got pictures with was named Karen. Karen was the first pink fire truck and Karen was the first person to donate money to them so they could buy their first fire truck. She had breast cancer and died shortly after her donation was made. If the pink heals ever go through any of your towns you should definitely go!
My Mom has been doing well. Her skin has gotten sunburned and blistered a little where they radiate her. She met with the Doctor yesterday and she said that her skin can probably only tolerate about 12 more treatments. This means she will be finished with radiation around the first of July! That is really soon! After radiation is all over she will then do the blood work to make sure that the Cancer is all gone! I have started to worry about this more because it's getting closer. I am sure I will be a nervous wreck when they do the blood work because it doesn't come back for two days! Let's all pray that all of the cancer is gone AND it will never ever come back! My Mom has handled the past seven months so well, I am so proud of her! She became part of a club that she didn't ask to be a part of. She really has such a positive attitude, she knows that she can't change her situation so she might as well make the best of it and she has done just that! I love her more than the whole wide world and hope to one day be half the woman that she is!
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| Pink Fire Truck |
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| My Mom and I in front of the Fire truck |
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| My Mom signing the pink truck |
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Quick Update
I am sitting at my Mom's work waiting on her to finish her class so we can go to the Pink Heals, I thought I could do a quick update. The Pink Heals is a bunch of pink firemen that travel around the United States to bring cancer awareness to women. They have a big pink fire truck and everything! That's all I really know about them right now, I will be able to tell you more later.
My Dad is getting knee surgery today because he has two tears in his meniscus. It should be a pretty easy surgery. Since my Mom and I are going to the Pink Heals Carson is in charge of getting my Dad to the hospital and driving him home afterwards. I will let you know how that goes. :)
We all had a GREAT weekend!!! Carson's soccer team took gold in the Special Olympics in Cedar City, he was really excited about this. My Mom and Dad had fun getting away for the weekend and enjoyed watching Carson's team play soccer and I had a blast in Las Vegas! I got to go to a Goo Goo Dolls concert and was front and center and I also got to experience the Chippendale's, also front row!!! I haven't had such a fun weekend in a long time! None of us wanted the weekend to end, it went by way too fast!
Last night we had dinner with the mammogram tech who diagnosed my Mom's cancer. Her name is Loy and she is also a long time friend of my Mom. Remember, the cancer did not show on the mammogram. Loy just thought she felt a heaviness, so she talked the radiologist into ordering the ultrasound. My Mom is very thankful for Loy. Breast cancer survivors were given a free dinner last night at Texas Roadhouse along with the pink firemen. We had a good time.
My Mom seems to be feeling better everyday. This past weekend her eyelashes and eye brows fell out a long with a couple more finger nails. We thought she had held onto her eye lashes and eye brows but for some reason they couldn't hold on any longer. She is on her third week of radiation and has been tolerating it very well so far. Her lymphedema has flared up a little more because of the radiation and that seems to bother her. The radiation has also made her chest (scars) tighter. Her nueropathy has not gone away yet, I hope it will soon. Her legs and feet swell some and ache. She also has a hard time sleeping, she has always had a hard time sleeping but now it is even harder for her to sleep at night. But overall she really is doing better!!! Her hair is taking it's sweet time growing back, it's coming along just not very fast!
My Dad is getting knee surgery today because he has two tears in his meniscus. It should be a pretty easy surgery. Since my Mom and I are going to the Pink Heals Carson is in charge of getting my Dad to the hospital and driving him home afterwards. I will let you know how that goes. :)
We all had a GREAT weekend!!! Carson's soccer team took gold in the Special Olympics in Cedar City, he was really excited about this. My Mom and Dad had fun getting away for the weekend and enjoyed watching Carson's team play soccer and I had a blast in Las Vegas! I got to go to a Goo Goo Dolls concert and was front and center and I also got to experience the Chippendale's, also front row!!! I haven't had such a fun weekend in a long time! None of us wanted the weekend to end, it went by way too fast!
Last night we had dinner with the mammogram tech who diagnosed my Mom's cancer. Her name is Loy and she is also a long time friend of my Mom. Remember, the cancer did not show on the mammogram. Loy just thought she felt a heaviness, so she talked the radiologist into ordering the ultrasound. My Mom is very thankful for Loy. Breast cancer survivors were given a free dinner last night at Texas Roadhouse along with the pink firemen. We had a good time.
My Mom seems to be feeling better everyday. This past weekend her eyelashes and eye brows fell out a long with a couple more finger nails. We thought she had held onto her eye lashes and eye brows but for some reason they couldn't hold on any longer. She is on her third week of radiation and has been tolerating it very well so far. Her lymphedema has flared up a little more because of the radiation and that seems to bother her. The radiation has also made her chest (scars) tighter. Her nueropathy has not gone away yet, I hope it will soon. Her legs and feet swell some and ache. She also has a hard time sleeping, she has always had a hard time sleeping but now it is even harder for her to sleep at night. But overall she really is doing better!!! Her hair is taking it's sweet time growing back, it's coming along just not very fast!
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